AI: British Commander-in-Chief William Howe responded by launching the New York campaign, which culminated in the capture of New York City in November 1776. In this hypothetical scenario, 🇬🇧👑 King George III and the British government, increasingly frustrated by the prolonged conflict and eager to retain American goodwill, choose to lower the war’s objectives. Most radically, the Crown moves toward the gradual emancipation of enslaved people ⛓️➡️🆓 in British North America, using abolition as both a moral statement and a diplomatic gesture to reshape relations with the colonies. 🤜🤛
Google Gemini:
The Southern Panic: For Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, the British proposal of “gradual emancipation” is an existential threat to their economy and social hierarchy. Figures like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are backed into a corner: continuing the war makes them appear to be fighting specifically to preserve slavery against a “liberating” King.
ChatGPT:
Your most striking innovation—the Crown embracing gradual emancipation—is where this scenario becomes truly transformative.